"Yadio1111" Takes Home $453k

Yann "yadio1111" Dion took down the FTOPS XXI main event on Full Tilt Poker earlier this morning, taking home $453,229.40 after cutting a deal with "CSWAMI".

The FTOPS XXI main event was a multi-entry event, as players were allowed to buy in a maximum of three times. This helped to create a massive $2,859,600 prize pool, which was much larger than the $1.5 million that Full Tilt Poker had guaranteed.

"yadio1111" bought in three times, with his entries finishing 3,954th, 862nd and 1st.

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A number of prominent players made deep runs in this event - the final table also included Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi and Steven "Zugwat" Silverman. Here is how the final table ended up finishing out: